Show Conference rated in Successful category The eighth annual Duchesne County Rural Life and Education Conference has been rated as very This comment has been made by both the sponsoring Duchesne County School District officials and the conferees More than adults attended the all-day sessions at Altamont Some pei-sons took advantage of the turkey dinner served at the Altamont School lunch center Excellent Program music directors and the schools are to be commended for their presentation of the mass choral and band concert Thursday given as the opening feature of the eighth annual Daryl president of the Utah State who gave the special conference Challenge of the Past in an Age of challenged us to retain and observe our basic freedoms In this new era we are in and those we face not to lose sight of the liberties and freedoms which are a heritage from our American forefathers and urged us Lo make these five-don is applicable m our in See back page Conference from page the face of our changing Prior to Chase s address in the final general two vocal duets were sung by Mrs Lorena Iorg and Dale Talk About College Representative Benny of Roosevelt urged the people of the Uintah Basin to pull together and give all out and unified support to the establishing of a junior college in this He discussed provisions of the act of the 1959 Legislature which enabled us to proceed with plans for such an institution of learning for the explained the progress necessary to comply with provisions of the stating that the citizens must provide a suitable site for the and donate this to the The site must meet certain standards as to soil and whether it can the type of buildings contemplated for the college Decide Location He said the State Board of Education will make the ultimate decision on the that a study is being made on the Uintah Basin Junior College matter by the Utah Coordinating Council on Higher He emphasized that the people of the Basin must come to an agreement on decisions which must be made to comply with the provisions of the Legislative bill and that they must enthusiastically want a junior college to do Purpose of the section of the conference vas to promote understanding md togetherness on these necessary in order that plans and studies may progress the point where an bill may be included in those presented for approval to Utah Legislature in Committees Listed Tiie 1960 Planning Committee members were Rowan C. Raynold B. Lloyd Smith and Norris Neill C Jensen and C. C. industrial Bernis family Andrew Jones and Carl G youth Dong-las A. Barrus and Raynold B. Rowan C. general Goldie G. Wilcken and Raynold B. publicity and Ruth Dastrup and Reva refreshments and Andrew Jones and Douglas A. physical and William N. registration and This conference is sponsored by the Duchesne County Board of Education whose members are B. A. Edwin L. vice Marion A Lewis C Taylor and Nathan D. members |